Criteria for assessing requests for HMRC data

Tax Transparency Sector Board 10/05/2013 Criteria for assessing requests for HMRC data

1. Legislation • Compliance with the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, Data Protection and Human Rights Act.

2. Availability and feasibility • Is the information available in format needed? • What access is available to the necessary existing data in order to create the information requested? • Is this access achievable within cost and time parameters? • What are the timescales? Criteria for assessing requests for HMRC data (continued)

3. Benefits • What are the benefits for releasing the data (i.e. the wider economy, UK Government, requestors?)

4. Costs • What are the costs for producing the data? (i.e. data acquisition, IT, staff time) • Opportunity costs of not doing something else? • How much would it cost to create the data in the form requested?

5. Priority • Are there synergies with HMRC objectives or other HMRC programmes? Thank you

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